Do
you know flooring definitions?
1. Alkalinity
a. Base or Salt -
Property of water substances with a pH greater than 7
b. 72-hour
test to determine if flooring will stay adhered with adhesive to the substrate
c. Ratio of
volume of air within the boundaries of a solid matter.
d. Method
used to measure water through the substrate with tape
2. Vapor Emission
a. Method used to measure water or moisture through
substrate with tape
b. The
substrate’s ability to absorb liquid
c. 72-hour
test to determine if flooring will stay adhered to the substrate
d. Water emission from the substrate in vapor form
3. 3 lbs.
a. Water emission from the substrate in a vapor
form
b. The substrate’s ability to absorb liquid
c. Amount of moisture
allowed to emit from concrete substrate per 1000 square feet
d. Property
of water substances
4. Skew
a. A pattern does not lay at 90-degree angle to pattern at opposite
width – one side runs ahead - out of square
b. Pattern that sags in the center
c. Patterns that vary in size in length or width
from one match to the other match
d. Method used to square area or carpet
5. Bow
a. A pattern does
not lay at 90-degree angle to pattern at opposite width – one side runs ahead -
out of square
b.
Pattern that sags in the center
c. Patterns that vary in size in length or width
from one match to the other match
d. Method used to square area or carpet
6. Pattern Elongation
a. A pattern does
not lay at 90-degree angle to pattern at opposite width – one side runs ahead -
out of square
b. Pattern that sags in the center
c.
Patterns that vary in size in length or width from one match to the
other match
d. Numbered order of carpet rolls used to keep
dye lot sequence
7.
3-4-5 Rule
a. Method
used to measure water or moisture through substrate by taping a section of
plastic to the floor with duct tape
b. 72-hour
test to determine if flooring will stay adhered to the substrate
c. The
substrate’s ability to absorb liquid
d. Method used to square area or carpet
8. Dry Line
a. Chalk line used with no chalk to
aid in patterns
b. Property of water substances with a pH greater
than 7
c. 72-hour test
to determine if flooring will stay adhered to the substrate
d. The
substrate’s ability to absorb liquid
9. Roll Sequence
a. Numbered order of carpet
rolls used to keep dye lot sequence
b. 72-hour test to determine if flooring will
stay adhered to the substrate
c. Property of water substances
d. 72-hour test to determine if
flooring will stay adhered with adhesive to the substrate
Answers: 1.) a. 2.) d. 3.) c. 4.) a.
5.) b. 6.) c. 7.) d. 8.) a. 9.) a.
Installation Terminology
September 18, 2009
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